Where is the line for parents?

[jTheUmp]

Originally Posted by Jay R

it's funny but 1500 fans booing and yelling stuff doesn't bother me. I find it more difficult to ignore the one guy in a quiet gym.

Amen to that. 1500 fans... you can't hear individual voices anyway. The one guy in the gym of 25 spectators is the one that'll get heard... and in my experience they'll usually be shamed into shutting up eventually.

Remember: they're not yelling at you, they're yelling at the shirt.

I did, once, explain to a group of "Three seconds" parents why I wasn't calling 3-second violations, it was an 11U game, and these parents were yelling for 3 second violations when the ball was still in the backcourt, during a throw-in, and in the shot-miss-rebound-shot-miss-rebound-shot-rinse-repeat sequences we all know and love. During a timeout, when I was standing right in front of them at the throw-in spot, I calmly turned around and asked "would you like to know why I'm not calling 3 seconds?"... I quickly explained to them the rule, and nobody said anything the rest of the game.

[bainsey]

Originally Posted by jTheUmp

I did, once, explain to a group of "Three seconds" parents why I wasn't calling 3-second violations, it was an 11U game, and these parents were yelling for 3 second violations when the ball was still in the backcourt, during a throw-in, and in the shot-miss-rebound-shot-miss-rebound-shot-rinse-repeat sequences we all know and love. During a timeout, when I was standing right in front of them at the throw-in spot, I calmly turned around and asked "would you like to know why I'm not calling 3 seconds?"... I quickly explained to them the rule, and nobody said anything the rest of the game.

My partner did the exact same thing once in a rec league game, though his line was, "All right! Who needs a rules clinic?!"

Not only was it effective, when he had an actual three-seconds violation (from the trail) instead of signalling, he whistled, pointed to the crowd and said, "What's the call?"

The small crowd exclaimed gleefully, "THREE SECONDS!!!"